Aristotle
Men come together in cities in order to live: they remain together in order to live the good lifeCollection: Good Life
They who are to be judges must also be performers.Collection: Justice
Every virtue is a mean between two extremes, each of which is a vice.Collection: Mean
For imitation is natural to man from his infancy. Man differs from other animals particularly in this, that he is imitative, and acquires his rudiments of knowledge in this way; besides, the delight in it is universal.Collection: Men
Men are good in but one way, but bad in many.Collection: Men
Man by Nature desires to know.Collection: Men
Our youth should also be educated with music and physical education.Collection: Education
No one praises happiness as one praises justice, but we call it a 'blessing,' deeming it something higher and more divine than things we praise.Collection: Happiness
Of all the varieties of virtues, liberalism is the most beloved.Collection: Liberty
Experience has shown that it is difficult, if not impossible, for a populous state to be run by good laws.Collection: Running
For the more limited, if adequate, is always preferable.Collection: Adequate
A body in motion can maintain this motion only if it remains in contact with a mover.Collection: Body
The best friend is he that, when he wishes a person's good, wishes it for that person's own sake.Collection: Wish
There are, then, three states of mind ... two vices--that of excess, and that of defect; and one virtue--the mean; and all these are in a certain sense opposed to one another; for the extremes are not only opposed to the mean, but also to one another; and the mean is opposed to the extremes.Collection: Mean
Maybe crying is a means of cleaning yourself out emotionally. Or maybe it's your last resort; the only way to express yourself when words fail, the same as when you were a baby and had no words.Collection: Baby
Business or toil is merely utilitarian. It is necessary but does not enrich or ennoble a human life.Collection: Business
Moral excellence comes about as a result of habit. We become just by doing just acts, temperate by doing temperate acts, brave by doing brave acts.Collection: Courage
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act, but a habit.Collection: Habit
What is a friend? A single soul dwelling in two bodies.Collection: Friendship
Before you heal the body you must first heal the mind.Collection: Firsts
Man’s best friend is one who wishes well to the object of his wish for his sake, even if no one is to know of it.Collection: Real